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I remember getting mad at my parents when I was young and threatening to run away on my bike to California. I knew biking it from Texas to California would be a tough trip, but I totally thought it was doable. Somehow, I never worked up the nerve to actually set off on this trek, but I can understand the thinking behind Heather Snoke's plan to ride her bike from Florida to Ohio.
Unlike me, 8-year-old Heather wasn't just blowing smoke when she decided to ride her bike from her new home in DeLand, Florida back to her old home in Columbus, Ohio. I don't now how far she got, but once her parents realized she was missing, an all-out search involving a helicopter, search dogs and neighbors ensued. After about an hour, she was located, telling investigators "that she was headed back to Columbus Ohio, because she was afraid of hurricanes and that was her home."
Poor thing. Can you imagine the grief she is going to get about this the for rest of her life? Every family gathering will include a telling of the story about the time Heather tried to ride her bike to Ohio. Everyone will laugh, but deep down, Heather will know that if they had just left her alone, she would have made it.
Unlike me, 8-year-old Heather wasn't just blowing smoke when she decided to ride her bike from her new home in DeLand, Florida back to her old home in Columbus, Ohio. I don't now how far she got, but once her parents realized she was missing, an all-out search involving a helicopter, search dogs and neighbors ensued. After about an hour, she was located, telling investigators "that she was headed back to Columbus Ohio, because she was afraid of hurricanes and that was her home."
Poor thing. Can you imagine the grief she is going to get about this the for rest of her life? Every family gathering will include a telling of the story about the time Heather tried to ride her bike to Ohio. Everyone will laugh, but deep down, Heather will know that if they had just left her alone, she would have made it.
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8-19-2007 @ 2:54PM
Croft said...When I was 10 my family moved from San Francisco to a suburb 45 minutes drive north of the city. I was miserable - I hated my new "home", didn't fit in with all the suburban kids in their guess jeans and wanted nothing more than to be back in the city where my friends were and where I fit in. About 1 year after the move I decided to run back to SF. I knew how to get there - HWY 101 went strait there. So I packed a backpack and walked to the on ramp and started walking to SF on the highway - at night - alone - an 11 year old girl. Now just the thought of what I attempted send chills down my spine. I could have been raped or killed, but at the time all I wanted was to return to what I still considered home. Lucky for me after about 1/4 mile I got scared, took the next off ramp and called my mom from the nearest pay phone. No one really brings this up even now - but I remember it and it also reminds me of how traumatic such a move can be on a child / pre-teen. I live now in SF again and do not plan to make any big moves with my children after my oldest is 5.
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